The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability but denied service connection for GERD, a cardiac disorder, and nosebleeds.
The deciding factor: The in-service parachuting injury caused the current cervical spine disability, while the evidence did not support a finding that in-service TERAs or PTSD caused or worsened the GERD, cardiac disorder, or nosebleeds.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine strain and cervical disc degeneration, gastroesophageal disease with esophagitis and unspecified dysphagia (GERD), cardiac disorder, epistaxis (nosebleeds)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084702
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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